The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS:


way Company recently filed its charter
with the Secretary of State The object
of this company is to construct and operate
standard gauge railway, telegraph and
telephone line, commencing at or near
Chicago, Ill, or connecting with stand
ard gauge railroad running into Chicago
at or near st. Joseph, Mo-, running from
st. Joseph through the counties of Doni-
phan, Brown, Atchison, jackson. PUtta.
wetemie, PAWS, Wabaut1see; Norris, Dick
ifisoh, Marion, Chase and Butler; to tho
south line of Butler County by way OF the
cities of Augusta and Douglass, thence
through the county Of Cowley By way Of
Winfield and Arkansas City to the north
line of the Indian Territory, thence through
the Indian Territory by the most practica-
BE route to Galveston, Texas: >.
LATE post-ofices changes IN Kansas:
Name changed, Damorris, Morris County,
to Dwight; Pike, Wabaunsee County, to
Alta Vista. PostnIasters appointed, Allen,
Lyon County, John S. Grimsley; Bross
Kingman County, Charles B. Ballard;
Cecil, Labette County, Mrs. Elizabeth Lew
man; Edwin, Stanton County, Thomas w.
Mitchell; Ford, Ford County, Charles Her
ger, Milwaukee,, Stafford County, Ernest
Behmi Ruella, Harper County, Frank Fill.
fiiofs:
ALL the stove molders OF the Great West
ern Stove Company and the Union Stove
and Machine Works at Leavenworth were
recently locked out for refusing to do work
for Bridge, Beach q Co., of St. Louis.
Both sides expressed the opinion that the
lockout would not last great while, but
neither seemed disposed TO give in.
THE other day Harvey Matherney, col
ored man, committed suicide at Christ's
Hospital Id Topeka by cutting his threat
About three weeks previous Matherfiey
was run over by freight car in the Santa
Fee yards and had one of his legs cut of be:
low the. knee: He was taken to the hospital
and suffered Intensely fot several days, and
it was thought that his mind was becoming
deranged, which subsequent events proved
to be true.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans on the
18th: Phoebe Deane, of Rush Center; Her
man Listeman, of Ell Dorado: Eaman H
Beardmore, OF Half Way; Thomas Babcock.
of Oakley; Thomas p. Richard, of Attlca:
Jacob p. Sager, of Salem; John j. CailloZa
of Louisville; Napoleon Nanny, of Eborn
Louis JUufdah, of 0sawatofnie; William g.
Pollock, of Emporiai Niles Titus, of C6ufi
til Grove; Thomas Perry, of Leatetiwefth
James l.. Adams, of Ellisoni Joseph N
Barrett, of Wyandotte; Michael II. Nicer
of Chautauqua; Samuel j. Earhart, OF LeH
anon, JOnn Rhodes; of Beverly; James viii
liaffis; of Olesbhrgi Isaac Millcfj:of BurlinG
ton; Henry e. Most, of Taylor; William E.
Rowe, of Baxter Springs; August p. John,
son, of Monmouth; John A. Wilson, of Be-
lott; David Shively, of Raceburg; Henry NJ
Redd, of Washington, and Benjamin w.
Hounold, of Winfield.
A PosT-oFFICE has been established al
Osborne County, with James
G. Burns as postmaster
SENATOR PLUMB telegraphed 1890 for the
relief of sufferers by the recent prairie fire
in Northwestern Kansas He has also sd
cured the shipment 10 them of an extra al
lOwance of seeds from the Agricultural De
partment.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas invent |
ors: Sash fastener, Elnathan W.-Allen, OF
Belle Plaine; kitchen cabinet, James s.
Beckwith, of Belleville; post-office sigma
box, Edward o. Dryden, of CALDWELL; flooI
clamp, Milton d. Good, of Hope; machine
for forming the heel ealks of horse shoes |
George Uhlin, of Rosedale.
A GANG of burglars went through severa |
houses at Junction City the other night.
JOHN w. CHAMBERLAIN. who killed his |
brOther-in-law at Garnett, and was triec |
and convicted at Lawrence in 1876 and sen |
fenced TO twenty-one years in the peniten |
tiary, has an application pending for par |
doti,
MRS. KATE SMOoT, wife of B. s. Smoot |
an engineer on the Atchison, Topeka & |
Santa Fe railroad, committed suicide at To |
peka the other day by taking a dose OF
Rough on Rats. The deadly poison was
purchased early in the morning from
drug store, and soon after she procured il |
she took very large dose, sufficient, as
general rule, to kill instantly: She was
found in her bedroom a short time aftei |
taking the poison and was suffering in
tensely. Medical aid was summoned, but
she died next day after taking the poison.
She was bride Of only eight weeks. She
was only seventeen years old. Her hus
band is said to be one of the most faithful
employees of the road and was terribly
crushed by his afflictiou. No cause was
known for the net.
b: n. CONKAb, a brakeman OH the Kan
sas, Nebraska 4 Dakota railroad; fell dndei
the wheels of freight car going to fopeks
the other afternoon and was frightfully
Both legs had to be amputatec
and it was thought he could not recover
Posi- OFFICE changes in Kansas for the
week ended April l6: Established, Stuyve
SAINT, Osborn County, james C.. Burns
Name changed, Easdale, Ellis
county, to Pfeifer, Caspar Hofmeister
Carntyne, in kiugmah
county. .Postmasters appointed, Agnes
City, Lyon County, W. HI. Williams; Cana
la, Marion County, Aaron Schweitzer:
Cowley County, Daniel Tooman:
Eellsburg, Edwards County, Stephen H.
Alurich; Grenola. Elk County, G. r. Ross:
Loco, Haskell County, Mrs. Melissa l..
Waite; Mertilla, Meade County, James b.
High; Pauline, Shawnee County, j. w.
Spurlock; Wild Cat, Riley County, Alvin
Reynolds; Winkler Mills, Riley County,
tito Bachheim.
THROUGH registered pouches will be put
n operation May 2 between Kansas City
md New Kiowa, leaving the former place
t g:55 p. m. and the latter at 2:40 p. m.
nd the same description of service be-
ween Kansas City and Leavenworth will
'e made daily on and after April "a.
ARTICLES OF incorporation of the Dodge
;ity, MOntezuma Il Trinidad Railway Com
any, were recently filed in the Office OF
secretary of State. The capital stock of
he company is s2,0O0,OO0.
The State Board of Pardons recently had
nder consideration the application for a
ardon for Thurston, the man who attempt
d to kill Colonel ID. r. Anthony a few
ears ago. Colonel Anthony escaped, but
Ion. Lucien Baker, who happened to be on
he street some distance away, was badly
Thurston is serving out sem
ence of eighteen years.
GOOD rains in Western Kansas.
The other night Tim Taylor, a noted
urglar and desperado, escaped from the